Cultural Resource study for the Navy Broadway Complex
As part of a City of San Diego and Navy EIR/EIS program, the proposed redevelopment of the Naval Supply Depot at the foot of Broadway was assessed under Section 106 of the NHPA. The assessment included an architectural/historical survey and recordation of all structures on the Naval Supply Depot that fell within the parameters of potentially historic buildings.
A HABS/HAER analysis was completed for each historic building, resulting in a National Register evaluation of the buildings as well as the facility as a potential historic district. Historic research for the project also identified the potential for the presence of remnants of the shanty town that developed along the waterfront of New Town between the 1860’s and 1900, several shanty structures and related waterfront features were buried by dredgings from the bay when the tidelands were covered and the bulkhead was constructed in the early 1900’s.
The cultural resources report for the Navy Broadway Complex was jointly reviewed by the Navy, the SHPO, and the City of San Diego for compliance and was accepted. To reduce the effect of the project on cultural resources, a number of measures were proposed, including the preservation of the primary buildings that were historically significant and met the criteria for eligibility to the National Register.
